Pelzeln's tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus inornatus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

[3] Pelzeln's tody-tyrant had a complicated taxonomic history from its original description in 1868 to late in the twentieth century.

[10] The map in van Perlo's Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil shows the species on the Brazil/Venezuela border and the author does not state that the species is endemic to Brazil; Hilty's Birds of Venezuela states that it may occur in the southern part of the country.

[7][8] The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Birds of the World places it in Brazil and "probably also in adjacent Venezuela and Colombia".

[6][7][8][9][10][excessive citations] Pelzeln's tody-tyrant inhabits woodlands on campinarana white-sand soils.

It is thought to mostly take prey like other members of its genus, using short upward sallies from a perch to grab it from the underside of leaves.

The song of Pelzeln's tody-tyrant is a "rather low, modest series of 7-10 well-separated notes, rising at the end and accelerating to a short, upslurred trill".

[6][7] "Much of its habitat remains in relatively pristine condition owing to low human population density and inaccessibility, but cattle grazing, extraction of white sands, gold-mining and diamond-mining, and frequent fires pose serious local threats."